Simon Hickinbotham

Trimontium was a Roman fort complex[1] located at Newstead, near Melrose, in the Scottish Borders, beneath the three Eildon Hills which almost certainly gave it its name (Latin: trium montium, three hills). It was occupied intermittently from about 79 to 184 AD and was the largest of the "outpost" forts after the construction of Hadrian's Wall in the 120s AD. It was located 60 miles north of the wall on the extension of Dere Street the main Roman route to the north, initially in seemingly "hostile" territory. Trimontium was about three times larger than any fort on Hadrian's Wall and by 180 became the most northerly settlement of the whole Roman Empire. Trimontium is also considered of international importance as the site of one of the largest caches of Roman military objects in Britain, found in 117 pits.

#RomanSiteSaturday
#RomanBritain
Trimontium Roman fort near Melrose in Scotland-1st/2nd century and 21st century AD.

📸 Reconstruction and photo from Trimontium Museum (Ancient Road FB page) .

Motörhead fits incredibly well!

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

Fatima

Eriskay, 2024

#otd

The people running this country have no fucking idea what investmenting in things even means. Public transport and toilets are two things you take a loss on because they bring more people to your area. And stop outsourcing stuff to profit driven companies and then wondering where the money is going.

For Melville’s birthday, Moby Dick and the Pequod, painted by one of my kids a couple of years ago as their Christmas gift to me.

YouTube video by Marco Filiti Hero - NEU!

#All50rts

26. Neu! - Hero (from ‘Neu! 75’, 1975)

The drummer comes to the front and is pissed off with his girlfriend, the record company and the press. From this unpromising scenario to directly inspiring The Sex Pistols, Bowie & Joy Division

That's already in my wishlist!

'Rotherhithe from Wapping Pierhead' (c.1955) by Dorothy Rendell

(Private collection)

Needlework, by Needlework 6 track album

shootingtzars.bandcamp.com/album/needle...
Local band. Good fun. Just split up.

Alpaca - Festival of Algorithmic Patterns in the Creative Arts happening 12-14th September, Sheffield UK!
If you're curious about patterns in music, visual art, juggling, weaving, braiding etc then come and enjoy concerts, talks and workshops and an algorave:
2025.algorithmicpattern.org/sheffield/

The Queen of Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms just once a year at night and only for a few hours.

ALONE Sunset, and the olive grove flames on the far hill. We descend into the lunging shadows of goat grass, and the air deepens like smoke. You were behind me, but when I turned there was the wrangling of crows and the long grass rising in the wind and the swelling tips of grain turning to water under a black sky. All around me the thousand small denials of the day rose like insects to the flaming of an old truth, someone alone following a broken trail of stones toward the deep and starless river.

Philip Levine

you know that pentatonic scale that goes like 1-2-b3-5-b6, the uhhh himejoshi

Vancouver
#streetphotography #monochrome

At the #hockney exhibition today in #paris . #photography . Gun and run has a new meaning here but I did some post processing...

#sacrecoeur from hotel window #paris #photography

#BookSky

Output: Once was a time when life simple life simple was. Was beautiful. Unpredictable. Unforgettable. Beautiful. Unpredictable. Dream.

#york before the deluge #photography

The City of London
#photography #urbangaze #eastcoastkin #classicmono #monochrome #blackandwhite #london #stormhour #photohour #scape #landscape #streetphotography #urbanphotography

Still cushion with yellow life

“Inside, we’re ageless. And when we talk to ourselves, it’s the same person we were talking to, the same age, when we were little, and it’s the body that’s changing around that ageless center.”

~ David Lynch (1946-2025)

#Photography

Corner of a hand-stitched sail from the 1800s. Every warship had a sailmaker who played a vital role in making and maintaining the huge number of sails required to power the ship in all weathers.

#Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #Tallships

Algorithms for making interesting organic simulations Article explaining simulation algorithms that produce complex organic behaviours, starting with the classic physarum algorithm from Jeff Jones.

I wrote this article explaining algorithms for physarum-style simulations
bleuje.com/physarum-exp...

Thought 2nd glass was gonna say "I'm happy" #texavery

Backyard just now #photography

Petition: Ban cheap renewable energy from being charged at the price of expensive gas Mandate energy providers to stop charging the same price as expensive gas for much cheaper renewable energy. We think they should pass any savings on to consumers, rather than keeping them as profit.

Electricity bills could be reduced overnight if we stop energy companies from charging the same price as more expensive gas produced electricity. This is the fastest way to reduce electricity bills for everyone. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Soft pink Dahlia petals float around the budding new arrival in support.

She is allowed to wallow in her own beauty 📷🌱

A meme from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In the top panel, one man labeled "literally every company" hands a plate labeled "AI" to a man labeled "me." In the bottom panel, the man labeled "me" nonchalantly tosses the plate down the hallway, discarding it with casual disdain while the first man watches.

Time to post it again.